[xml/sgml-pkgs] Re: Bug#411770: sgml-data: fails to install because /etc/xml is missing

[Daniel Leidert]

Am Mittwoch, den 21.02.2007, 06:02 +0300 schrieb Dmitry Rutsky:

[installation of sgml-data failing in postinst script at
update-xmlcatalog step because of removed /etc/xml]
> Actually I may have removed the directory at some point.
> 
> However, I'm slightly doubtful whether such a minor inconsistency
> (it's minor because I don't want sgml on my system anyway,
> it got installed due to gnome-utils package dependencies)
> should cause installation to fail.
> 
> Section 10.7.3 of the Debian Policy provides that changes to the configuration
> (even if they render the package unusable) should be preserved during a
> package upgrade.  I love Debian for robustness, which fails in this case.

Hmm. But in this case, maybe update-xmlcatalog should care,
that /etc/xml exists or create it. What do the debian-xml-sgml members
say about this issue? Ardo?

Regards, Daniel